sleight
sleight 英 [slaɪt] 美 [slaɪt]
n. 手法，技巧；熟练，灵巧；诡计
名词复数:sleights
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- n. 手法，技巧；熟练，灵巧；诡计
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1. For novelist Michèle Roberts, it's all about gender: "The damaged king, who by artistic sleight of hand is Everyman, can be restored to full potency when he gets his voice back.
对于小说家米歇尔·罗伯茨而言，本片就是关于性别的：“从艺术手法上讲，有缺陷的国王象征了所有普通人，当他重获话语权时，就能恢复所有力量。
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2. The art market works through snobbery and sleight of hand, but here it becomes a bit like a TV shopping channel – watch out, the dead-eyed determination to shift product is showing.
惊艳的才华和灵巧的双手创造了艺术作品，但这两种方式都有点像电视购物——小心，不要让盲目的购买决定改变所售产品本身的意义。
- sleight (n.) "cunning," early 14c. alteration of sleahthe (c. 1200), from Old Norse sloegð "cleverness, cunning, slyness," from sloegr (see sly). Meaning "skill, cleverness, dexterity" is from late 14c. Meaning "feat or trick requiring quickness and nimbleness of the hands" is from 1590s. Term sleight of hand is attested from c. 1400.
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